Official: Unsubstantiated Trade Suggestions, Speculation, And Rumors

He plays almost always out of control, but his decision making is better now than it was. He's leading his team competently and with fervor.

 

His out of control nature scares me from an injury perspective. I love Westbrook, but man, he just seems like an ACL waiting to happen.

 

He is. His knees will disintegrate sooner than they're supposed to.

 

Yep. It may not matter. He has two more seasons before he hits free agency. The chances of him getting hurt badly between now and then I feel are pretty darn high.

 

He's definitely got incredible drive though. He's already had a few knee injuries, but he's managed to come back and still play the same way. it's impressive and also should make people really nervous.

I think he's got probably 4-5 years left of great basketball... Maybe two years after that he's got decent ball left... I just can't imagine his knees taking much more than that.

 

ANY deal for Rondo does not mix. If he wanted 3 million I wouldn't sign him. Horrible team guy. Doesn't get along with coaches. His body is already starting to fail. If we sign him, I may not watch the Lakers until he is gone. No joke. He is the perfect player to sign if we want to ensure dysfunction and mediocrity for 5 more years.

 

Honestly. Clarkson is a better player than Rondo right now. We can probably get Khris Middleton for less than what we'd give Rondo. A player who is 6 yrs younger, better and in a position of need. Signing him feels like something the Lakers would do to make them look like they have their mojo back, but in reality, it would set Clarkson's development back at least one season. It would lock up money on an aging pg who can't shoot. God...Max better be talking out of his a**.

 

Can you imagine 40 million wrapped up in our backcourt next season and the two of them will likely play 75 games total between the two of them? But if they stay healthy, that puts Clarkson on the bench. I just can't believe that with the emergence of Clarkson that the team is stupid enough to sign that has been.

 

But the question is why? Clarkson, by any measure, is already the superior player to Rondo. He's also learning the pg position FAST. His assists are steadily ticking up and that's with him passing to these sorry players. There was a sequence in the first half last night when Clarkson dropped the ball off to Boozer three possessions in a row where Boozer missed 3 open shots. Mitch and the entire front office have to see that. A Rondo signing would be a piss-poor, knee jerk reaction to Dwight leaving us. It's be us showing that we can still sign marquee free agents, except that Rondo is marquee is name only. He isn't even a top 15 pg at this point as far as talent. He may not even be top 20.